Cloudland: The life and death of a Brisbane icon – video

In November 1982 Brisbane awoke to discover that its beloved hilltop dance hall and music venue had been razed in secret in the middle of the night. 'They took away something dramatic and gave us something mundane,' says John Willsteed, a Queensland University of Technology lecturer and former member of the Go-Betweens, describing the 'vomit of townhouses' that now stands on the site. All that is left of Cloudland is a memorial arch


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